Jerry Warfield

A request I had was for a JGB show with Bob Dylan's Tears Of Rage. I checked and found not a single show that's a soundboard, unfortunately. So I picked one at random and here it is!

Jerry Garcia Band -- April 13, 1990 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco

1st Set: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Stop That Train,
Run For The Roses, Think, Señor, My Sisters And Brothers, Deal

Set 2: The Harder They Come, Tears Of Rage,
And It Stoned Me, The Way You Do The Things You Do,
Tough Mama, Like A Road, Midnight Moonlight

Once the tapers are sure their rig is capturing the show, we get to hear a pretty smokin' How Sweet It Is to kick off the first set. The sound of the recording isn't too bad, definitely Average to slightly above average. It's not terribly crowdy except for the tapers themselves talking between some of the songs. This helps complete the Warfield's ambiance on tape, perhaps? But probably super-annoying to others. They do shut up during songs so it's all good. As far as the music goes, Jerry's vocals don't sound like they're coming from way way back at the far end of a long room and instrumentation is fairly clear: Jerry's guitar doesn't get lost in the mix in any way, John Kahn's bass isn't quite popping through like one might like, it kind of blends with David Kemper on drums, but the sound of Melvin Seals on keyboards, on the other hand, shines when he's really cranking it up.

Think is especially hot in the first set. Melvin and Jerry are both completely on! Songs are brief and they come fast but each contains pure 1990 JGB perfection. From the little flourishes here and there, you can really tell that Jerry is enjoying himself. That's wildly evident in Deal to close the set. Jerry, once again, blows the roof off the Warfield, making sure everybody's price of admission was well worth it!

For the second set I've got to wonder if the tapers did something a little different with the mics to capture a better sound coming from the stage. Jerry's guitar seems a bit crisper for Harder They Come; it sounds really nice! It's interesting at one point to hear Melvin use a different sound on keys which gives the song more of a calypso/reggae feel than in years past.

This show has a bit of a Garcia rarity in set two -- Tears Of Rage by Bob Dylan. Jerry played this a grand total of only twelve times (this being the fourth of those) and no one east of California ever got to hear it played live by Jerry.

My favorite part of the show is probably Jerry's playing in And It Stoned Me. Absolutely delectable. Mmm! Tough Mama is also way hot. It doesn't have clear vocals but it's still so very good and it's only the second performance of this tune since 1982! One more here that could be my favorite is Like A Road... wow! Soooooooo nice. Ya can't beat it! Midnight Moonlight gets everyone seriously dancin' for the final few minutes.

There's no major jamming and some moments where the band merely hums along but for sure there are plenty of moments where Jerry's really into it which makes this a nice little Jerry show.

JGB 4/13/90 @ the Internet Archive: as of July 1, 2009, there's still no Garcia at the LMA.

Download The Show Here Source: shnid=9459 Audio Quality: Lineage: Front of Board Audience-» Nakamichi 700 mics-» DAT Master-» CD-» WAV 1st Set - 4/13/90 JGB ♦ JGB 4/13/90 - 2nd Set

mp3 320 kbps SBD + setlist (no lossless FLAC) 4-13-90 aka 04-13-90 aka 4/13/90 aka 04/13/90 aka 90-04-13 The Warfield Theater